Village Head

MUNGER: Armed Maoists killed three persons, including a village head, by chopping off their heads in Vimbandh forest area of Bihar's Munger district early today. The Maoists had a couple of days ago kidnapped the village head of Murade Sanjay Paswan, two villagers Pramod Paswan and Sourav Das, police said. Their bodies were recovered by police from near Rameshwar 'kund' inside the Bhimband forest , they said. A combing operation has been launched to flush out the ultras.

NAGPUR: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has adopted Pachgaon village of the district under the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna'. Gadkari adopted Pachgaon village in Umrer taluka, about 15 kms from Nagpur city, last evening where he was accorded a warm welcome by village head Punyasheela Meshram and people. Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari said there will not just be physical, but social and cultural change in the village in future. He...

AMETHI: FIRs have been filed against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas and a village head following a clash between their supporters here last night even as Congress rejected Vishwas' allegation that its workers were involved in the violence. FIRs have been lodged against Vishwas and his 65 supporters and Ishaq Ahmed, the gram pradhan of Sindura village, and his 20 aides for attacking each other at Kamrauli police station, Station officer A P Tewari said. ...

LUCKNOW: In yet another incident highlighting the falling law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, a DSP-rank officer was killed and a sub-inspector grievously injured by an angry mob in Pratapgarh. The police officer was murdered when he had gone to control the mob protesting against the killing of a village head and his brother in Ballipur village of Pratapgarh. The killing of three people in the village within a few hours of each other led to major tension in the area. A large posse...

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly pitched for ending the wretched practice of female foeticide as he adopted Jayapur village in his Lok Sabha constituency, urging villagers to give up dependence on governments for solving their problems. Touching on a host of issues from potholed roads to female foeticide and crumbling social structure, he regretted that condition of villages have not improved in the last 60 years and blamed...

PATNA: It's a joint family of 85 people, with 47 being voters and in this poll season, they find themselves much in demand in Bihar's Kishanganj constituency. Leaders and workers of all political parties are eyeing the joint family, probably the largest in Bihar. The family of 35 children, 30 women and 55 men lives under one roof in Jiyagachi village in Purnea district, about 350 km from Patna. Their village may be in Purnea, but they are part of the Kishanganj...

UNITED NATIONS: There was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced the jeans-clad Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India. For, from a distance one could easily mistake Rajawat, an articulate, computer-savvy woman, for a frontline model or at least a Bollywood actress. But she is sarpanch of Soda village, 60 kilometres from Jaipur ,...

GORAKHPUR: Students of a primary school in Barauli village here have protested against the poor quality of food served to them. Students of Primary School, Barauli village, under Chargawan block here protested against the poor quality of food yesterday, District Coordinator for midday meal Deepak Patel said. Authorities reached the spot and found several irregularities in serving the midday meal, he said. The potatoes and other ingredients had come from the house of gram...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of a horrific incident of gangrape of a young tribal woman by 13 villagers in West Bengal's Birbhum district and issued notice to the state government. As soon as three judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam assembled for the hearing, it expressed shock over the incident, which has grabbed headlines, and took cognisance of the matter. The bench also...

BALLIA: A primary school in the native Medwar Kalan village of the Delhi gang-rape victim will be named after her as a mark of tribute to the braveheart. Announcing this today, village head Shiv Mandir Singh said the decision was taken in accordance with the wishes of the village and girl's family members. A meeting of the village panchayat will soon be convened to complete the related formalities, he said. Girl's family members have also demanded construction of a...

AMETHI: FIRs have been filed against Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas and a village head following a clash between their supporters here last night even as Congress rejected Vishwas' allegation that its workers were involved in the violence. FIRs have been lodged against Vishwas and his 65 supporters and Ishaq Ahmed, the gram pradhan of Sindura village, and his 20 aides for attacking each other at Kamrauli police station, Station officer A P Tewari said. ...

MUZZAFARNAGAR: Members of 66 displaced families belonging to three of the riot-hit villages have decided not to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha election , saying they have lost faith in political leaders . The families had fled their villages Lank , Sisauli and Bitawda in the district during the communal violence that left over 60 dead in September last year and took refuge in another village Bhalwa. Villagers there have now built some houses for...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of a horrific incident of gangrape of a young tribal woman by 13 villagers in West Bengal's Birbhum district and issued notice to the state government. As soon as three judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam assembled for the hearing, it expressed shock over the incident, which has grabbed headlines, and took cognisance of the matter. The bench also...

JAMMU: Three civilians were injured as Pakistan's troops opened fire and shelled 17 border out posts and hamlets along the International Border in Jammu and Samba districts overnight, resulting in heavy exchanges till the wee hours today. A total of 11 civilians have been injured in the Pakistani firing since yesterday, police officials said. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PHE and Irrigation Minister Sham Lal Sharma met the border...

MEERUT: Villagers clashed with police today in Khera village here after defying prohibitory orders to hold a Mahapanchayat against slapping of NSA on BJP MLA Sangeet Som in connection with the Muzaffarnagar violence. One person was injured in the clashes and nearly 60 persons have been arrested, police said. The Mahapanchayt was convened to protest the slapping of National Security Act (NSA) against BJP MLA Sangeet Som, they said. "One person was injured and 50-60...

BARABANKI: A local court on Monday asked the police to probe into a charge levelled by a village head against Amitabh Bachchan and five others over delay in setting up a college named after the megastar's daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Fast Track) Shiv Chand directed the Mohamadpur Khala police to look into the complaint filed by Daulatpur village head Raj Kumari, and submit a report on June 10. On behalf of Raj...

LUCKNOW : Seven persons arrested in connection with the murder of KundaDSPZia-ul-Haq were today remanded in five day police custody by a special CBI court here. The order was passed by Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI) Mirza Jeenat on an application moved by the agency. The police remand would start from 10 AM tomorrow. The CBI yesterday arrested the seven accused in Pratapgarh district. CBI sources had said the seven persons allegedly incited the mob to...

GORAKHPUR: Students of a primary school in Barauli village here have protested against the poor quality of food served to them. Students of Primary School, Barauli village, under Chargawan block here protested against the poor quality of food yesterday, District Coordinator for midday meal Deepak Patel said. Authorities reached the spot and found several irregularities in serving the midday meal, he said. The potatoes and other ingredients had come from the house of gram...

PRATAPGARH : Former Uttar Pradesh Minister RaghurajPratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was today questioned by CBI in connection with the murder of a village head and KundaDSPZia-UlHaq . CBI sources said 44-year-old Raja Bhaiya appeared at the makeshift agency office for his questioning. Last month, CBI had arrested one Bhulle Pal, a security guard with the then state Minister Bhaiya, who allegedly led a mob, enraged by the killing of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav, to kill the...